Understanding fear of cancer recurrence in terms of damage to 'everyday health competence'

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 884-898

  Horlick Jones, Tom ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bodily awareness; Everyday health competence; Fear of cancer recurrence; Male breast cancer; Practical reasoning; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEAR; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; FEAR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052531221     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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